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Arpaio recall group faces fundraising difficulties

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  • The confrontation underscores the feisty ground campaign being mounted on both sides - but also the increasing difficulty that Arpaio critics face in getting enough signatures to put a recall before voters.
    Volunteers set up a table outside a music festival one day last month to gather signatures for a drive to oust the notoriously polarizing sheriff of metropolitan Phoenix. The venue, with its largely liberal crowd, seemed the perfect place to drum up support.

PHOENIX (AP) - A group seeking a recall election against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says it's facing difficulties in raising money in its bid to oust the lawman.

Recall leader William James Fisher says the difficulties mean organizers will have to rely more on volunteers rather paid professionals to gather signatures from voters in their bid to force a recall election.

He says the group is keeping some paid signature gatherers and may add more paid gatherers if the volume of signatures declines significantly.

Recall organizers say they have gathered nearly 150,000 of the more than 335,000 valid signatures required by May 30 to prompt a recall election.

Arpaio critics say the sheriff has put immigration enforcement above other police priorities, while the sheriff's supporters contend the effort is unconstitutional.

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